Reddit mentions of Nesco Snackmaster Express dehydrator, 13.5 inches X 9.75 inches, White

I use one of these babies.

There's a way to do it in an oven, but I nearly burned down the damn house so yeah, fuck dat.

With dehydrator:

• buy meat (we use a 5 lb brisket)
  
  
• marinade meat overnight
  
  
• cut meat into thinnest slices possible
  
  
• arrange in dehydrator
  
  
• turn on dehydrator
  
  
• spend 12+ hours in agony as house fills with smell of jerky
  
  ...my darling husband started a batch one night when I wasn't allowed to eat due to medical procedure and furthermore had to stay awake all night. Harsh words were spoken.

Use that money and get a Nessco dehydrator! http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-FD-60-Snackmaster-Express-Dehydrator/dp/B000LNVUJQ/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1462385768&sr=8-9&keywords=nesco+dehydrator

Its fun and easy to make it yourself and a hell of a lot more cost effective! Usually much tastier too!

This guy works great for me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000LNVUJQ

It has variable temps and a fan. You can add trays to it for more capacity, too.

It's this one right here. I use the same one. Fantastic piece of equipment. Actually may not be exactly the same one, but looks very similar. Anyways, I have the one I linked and it's worked great. Bought used and have had no problems.

I use this dehydrator and I use these sheets I pour one 17 ounce bottle of Sriracha per layer.

I make my own dehydrated boil in bag meals. I use THIS SITE as a template and just modify things as needed. I use a lot of powdered heavy cream, powdered eggs, powdered coconut milk, powdered cheese (all purchasable off amazon), instead of rice I dehdyrate cauliflower rice in my dehydrator.

It requires a bit of experimentation on your part since they don't translate 100% but I've made some good meals, bag tacos, butter chicken, fajitas, pizza casserole, buffalo chicken casserole, breakfast scrambles, cheeseburger casserole, etc. I've been playing around with the idea of trying to make a few keto cobblers.

Portion them out into quart freezer bags with smaller bags for spices/seasonings, when time comes to eat boil a bit of water, dump it in the bag and seal it up, let it sit for 10 minutes or so wrapped in a handkerchief or something then enjoy.

If you are dehydrating yourself you want to use LOW FAT meats. I know that's counter-intuitive for keto but high fat content foods won't dehydrate right, so use lean cuts, then add fat later (heavy cream powder, etc)

here's the DEHYDRATOR I use

Here is the HEAVY CREAM POWDER

COCONUT MILK POWDER

CHEESE POWDER

EGG POWDER


I've priced everything out and for a day's worth of meals I'm around 10 bucks or so, vs Mountain House which are 5-8 bucks a meal and the Next Mile meals keto offerings which can be 15 bucks PER meal


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You can also bring mayo packets with you and I like bringing Individual Justin's Peanut Butter Packs also, great way to up the fat and to eat "quickly" between meals.

I dehydrate my own jerky as a snack, also you can hit Walmart and get single serve individual foil packs of tuna and spam, they work good as a quick meal without having to boil water.

I have this. Nesco FD 60

Made 20+ batches without any problems. I have a total of 6 trays and I can make about 4-5lbs depending on thickness in one go. It heats to 165* as well. I think I got mine on sale for ~$40 or so. Great way to get started.

I have the Nesco 60 which works pretty darn good for me. I wouldn't mind a timer, but you can always add them on the power cord.

i guess the excaliber is nicer...since you can remove the trays for doing dough proofing.

Invest in a Kitchen scale and a food dehydrator to portion out your food and make beef jerky and all kinds of veggie chips!

Food dehydrators that would fit your budget:

• $64.99
  
  
• $49.36
  
  
• $36.23
  
  
  Kitchen Scales
  
  

How much did you plan on paying for a dehydrator? I would HIGHLY recommend you purchase a dehydrator and avoid freezing your product. This is the dehydrator I got. I bought this one used for 36 dollars off of amazon, and it has been absolutely fantastic.

I would definitely recommend picking that bad boy up and picking up a pack of good desiccants like the ones I bought here. Some people say you can use cat litter, I tried and didn't really see it working well. You'll notice very quickly that even when they are cracker dry, if you store them in a plastic bag for a day or two they absorb moisture and start becoming soft.

Don't skimp out on this stage of the process.

You're going to get a lot of Nesco suggestions, for good reason. I have this one and love it. I make jerky like once a week. This one has adjustable temp and element on top and plenty of power to do jerky in a just few hours. That's all you really need.

This one. I guess it's $50, not $40. Still a good buy, though!

Agreed. Invest in a real dehydrator, such as this one: http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-FD-60-Snackmaster-Express-Dehydrator/dp/B000LNVUJQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1415368704&sr=1-3&keywords=dehydrator

It has a 155F temp setting that is absolutely perfect for jerky. You can even buy additional trays beyond the 4 it comes with.

I've got a Nesco fd60 that I've been using for a few years with frequent use with no problems. I use it mostly for drying my peppers for powders/flakes, but it works great for jerky as well.

Alternatively,

https://www.amazon.com/Nesco-FD-60-Snackmaster-Express-Dehydrator/dp/B000LNVUJQ

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41wq1%2Be2WlL.jpg

Punch the center out of a couple of your trays, and you can pre-heat or recondition your PLA spools before loading them up.

Here is the one I have.... 2 trays is enough to hold a spool. so, you still have 2 for making jerkey :)

I didn't realize it was that expensive.... probably better off getting it on black friday sale at walmart or something... I've had mine for at least a decade... im positive I didnt pay full price.....